Bloc Quebecois (BQ) leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said he found it funny when Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shared a social media post about not wanting the Liberals to work with his party. Instead of being unsatisfied with the job the Conservatives in Alberta sent to Parliament have done compared to what the BQ does for Quebec, Blanchet said all regions in Canada should form a party similar to his. “Northern Canada, Pacific Canada, Western Canada, Maritimes, even Ontario could do the same,” said Blanchet at a Tuesday press conference. “Have their own voice that would convey their own and only their own interests in whatever that would become the federal Parliament.” .If Smith is interested in learning more about the way the BQ did it, Blanchet said he “would be very glad to do it, or I could ask Gilles Duceppe to do it because he knows a lot about that also and he’s done that tour of Canada before.” “So presently I just find it funny,” he said. Smith responded by saying she thinks Alberta does not “need any lessons from the Bloc on how to run a successful economy and province.”“Our respective records speak for themselves,” she said. “What Albertans object to is the Bloc's plan to leverage the Federal Liberals to have Alberta and Western Canadian taxpayers pay for its separatist and socialist dreams while hypocritically blockading our natural resources as well as restricting the prosperity of Quebecers to enjoy the fruits of their own underdeveloped resources.”.She called for the Canadian government to stop the BQ from holding Canada hostage so Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can cling to power for a little while longer.The BQ said on Sunday it was open to working with the Liberals for support during confidence votes amid the supply and confidence agreement with the NDP ending. In response, the BQ has drawn up a list of demands. BQ House Leader Alain Therrien said it was happy to regain its balance of power.Smith made clear on Monday she does not want the Liberals to collaborate with the BQ to maintain power. READ MORE: Smith calls for election if Liberals work with Bloc QuebecoisWhile the Liberals might work with the BQ, Smith said it “does not have a mandate to bargain with Quebec separatists at the expense of Alberta, the West, and the rest of the country.”“If the Liberals go down this path, we need an election to be called immediately,” she said.
Bloc Quebecois (BQ) leader Yves-Francois Blanchet said he found it funny when Alberta Premier Danielle Smith shared a social media post about not wanting the Liberals to work with his party. Instead of being unsatisfied with the job the Conservatives in Alberta sent to Parliament have done compared to what the BQ does for Quebec, Blanchet said all regions in Canada should form a party similar to his. “Northern Canada, Pacific Canada, Western Canada, Maritimes, even Ontario could do the same,” said Blanchet at a Tuesday press conference. “Have their own voice that would convey their own and only their own interests in whatever that would become the federal Parliament.” .If Smith is interested in learning more about the way the BQ did it, Blanchet said he “would be very glad to do it, or I could ask Gilles Duceppe to do it because he knows a lot about that also and he’s done that tour of Canada before.” “So presently I just find it funny,” he said. Smith responded by saying she thinks Alberta does not “need any lessons from the Bloc on how to run a successful economy and province.”“Our respective records speak for themselves,” she said. “What Albertans object to is the Bloc's plan to leverage the Federal Liberals to have Alberta and Western Canadian taxpayers pay for its separatist and socialist dreams while hypocritically blockading our natural resources as well as restricting the prosperity of Quebecers to enjoy the fruits of their own underdeveloped resources.”.She called for the Canadian government to stop the BQ from holding Canada hostage so Prime Minister Justin Trudeau can cling to power for a little while longer.The BQ said on Sunday it was open to working with the Liberals for support during confidence votes amid the supply and confidence agreement with the NDP ending. In response, the BQ has drawn up a list of demands. BQ House Leader Alain Therrien said it was happy to regain its balance of power.Smith made clear on Monday she does not want the Liberals to collaborate with the BQ to maintain power. READ MORE: Smith calls for election if Liberals work with Bloc QuebecoisWhile the Liberals might work with the BQ, Smith said it “does not have a mandate to bargain with Quebec separatists at the expense of Alberta, the West, and the rest of the country.”“If the Liberals go down this path, we need an election to be called immediately,” she said.
